The murder of Regilla : a case of domestic violence in antiquity / Sarah B. Pomeroy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pomeroy, Sarah B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Uxoricide--Greece--Athens--History--Case studies.

Uxoricide.

Wife abuse--Greece--Athens--History--Case studies.

Wife abuse.

Trials (Murder)--Rome--History--Case studies.

Trials (Murder).

Upper class women--Greece--Athens--Biography.

Upper class women.

Upper class women--Rome--Biography.

Civilization, Greco-Roman.

Regilla.

Herodes Atticus.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Born to an illustrious Roman family in 125 BCE, Regilla was married at the age of fifteen to Herodes, a wealthy Greek. Twenty years later--and eight months pregnant with her sixth child--Regilla died under mysterious circumstances, after a blow to the abdomen delivered by Herodes's freedman. Though Herodes was charged, he was acquitted. Pomeroy's investigation suggests that despite Herodes's erection of numerous monuments to his deceased wife, he was in fact guilty of the crime.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1. Girlhood in Rome

Chapter 2. A Roman Matron in Imperial Athens

Chapter 3. Public Life

Chapter 4. Death in Athens and Murder Trial in Rome

Chronological Chart. Notes. Acknowledgments. Art Credits. Index

Chronological Chart

Notes

Acknowledgments

Art Credits

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-228) and index.

ISBN:

9780674042209

0674042204

OCLC:

503447711